9.16 Particular Rights-Fourth Amendment-Unreasonable Search-Exception to Warrant Requirement-Exigent Circumstances refers to a specific exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement, which states that a search or seizure conducted without a warrant is presumed to be unreasonable. Exigent circumstances is an exception to the warrant requirement that allows law enforcement agents to conduct a search or seizure without a warrant when there is an imminent threat of harm or destruction of evidence. Examples of exigent circumstances include hot pursuit of a suspect, danger to public safety, and destruction of evidence. Other types of exigent circumstances include emergency entry, automobile exception, consent of the owner, and plain view searches.
9.16 Particular Rights-Fourth Amendment-Unreasonable Search-Exception to Warrant Requirement-Exigent Circumstances refers to a specific exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement, which states that a search or seizure conducted without a warrant is presumed to be unreasonable. Exigent circumstances is an exception to the warrant requirement that allows law enforcement agents to conduct a search or seizure without a warrant when there is an imminent threat of harm or destruction of evidence. Examples of exigent circumstances include hot pursuit of a suspect, danger to public safety, and destruction of evidence. Other types of exigent circumstances include emergency entry, automobile exception, consent of the owner, and plain view searches.
